Breeding Program

The THC R&D division offers services to aid breeders and producers in establishing and maintaining the highest quality standards in the medical cannabis industry from the time a grower plants the cannabis seed to the finished cannabis products purchased by patients. By embracing modern molecular genetic techniques and informed strain selection, we can maximize the production efficiency of grow facilities. Through analytical chemistry and rigorous safety testing services, we can help ensure you are providing consistently safe cannabis products to suit patients’ needs.

Sex Determination

Identification and elimination of male cannabis plants early on in the grow cycle is essential to efficient use of resources and in ensuring maximum yield of female cannabis plants. Traditionally, growers must wait for visual signs of male or female physiology prior to culling males which may take many weeks to develop enough for accurate sexing. Our laboratory offers sex determination during early vegetative growth prior to the development of sexual organs. Using a small tissue sample from each plant, this genetic test is minimally destructive and allows early elimination of potentially costly males.

Compound Analysis

Knowing which and how much of each cannabinoid is present in a product is critically important in developing a treatment regimen for patients utilizing cannabis and cannabis-derived products. We offer potency analysis of cannabis flowers and cannabis-derived products including profiling of the major cannabinoids and terpenes.

Safety Testing

Identification and elimination of male cannabis plants early on in the grow cycle is essential to efficient use of resources and in ensuring maximum yield of female cannabis plants. Traditionally, growers must wait for visual signs of male or female physiology prior to culling males which may take many weeks to develop enough for accurate sexing. Our laboratory offers sex determination during early vegetative growth prior to the development of sexual organs. Using a small tissue sample from each plant, this genetic test is minimally destructive and allows early elimination of potentially costly males.